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Five earn basketball awards

The votes are in for Marion County’s basketball stars, and the Most Valuable Player, Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Most Improved Player and Comeback Player of the Year

CA Cougar archery dominates South State

The Columbia Academy archery program had a great South State Tournament last week at the Columbia Expo Center, with the elementary, middle school and high school teams all winning the South State t

Lady Wildcats improve to 12-1

Columbia only got to play two games in the past week, but the Lady Wildcats put on a show while improving to 12-1, outscoring their opponents a combined 41-2. 

West Marion sweeps Wildcats

Since each player on West Marion’s roster was born, the Trojans have never swept Columbia in baseball — until now. 

Alford wins Pirates’ CF job

When the Pittsburgh Pirates run out onto the Wrigley Field grass Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, a Columbia native will be patrolling center field for the Buccos. 

  • SALTER: From Thalia to Yazoo: Texas was McMurtry’s connection to Mississippi’s Morris

    By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, READ MORE > 908 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:32 AM

    Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

    The passing of iconic Texas novelist, screenwriter and antiquarian bookseller Larry McMurtry at age 84 on March 25 will mean different things to different fans of his prolific writing life.

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  • Mississippi Covid-19 Update : March 31, 2021

    By Press Release - MSDH, READ MORE > 1,751 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:23 AM

    Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

     

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  • Altman named acting director of MDOT

    By Press Release - MDOT, READ MORE > 712 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 10:57 AM

    Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Transportation:

    The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) named Jeffrey C. Altman, P.E., acting executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).

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  • Secretary of State shares Municipal Primary Election Reminders

    By Press Release - Mississippi Secretary of State, READ MORE > 758 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 10:09 AM

    Below is a press release from the Mississippi Secretary of State:

    Municipal Primary Elections will take place one week from today, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Any voter in line at 7 p.m. is entitled to cast a ballot.

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  • Columbia native Anthony Alford will be the Pittsburgh Pirates’ starting center fielder when they take on the Chicago Cubs on opening day Thursday.

    Alford wins Pirates’ CF job

    By Joshua Campbell, READ MORE > 3,983 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 10:01 AM

    When the Pittsburgh Pirates run out onto the Wrigley Field grass Thursday against the Chicago Cubs, a Columbia native will be patrolling center field for the Buccos. 

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  • ‘Denying humanity’: Advocates discuss law that bans trans athletes from female sports teams

    By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 859 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 09:55 AM

    In mid-March, Mississippi lawmakers passed a law banning transgender girls and women at public schools and colleges from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity. It was necessary, Gov.

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  • Legislature passes home delivery of alcohol. Liquor privatization dead

    By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 460 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 09:45 AM

    Lawmakers have passed a measure that would allow home delivery of beer, wine and liquor, similar to grocery deliveries that have become popular, particularly amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

    But a push to privatize Mississippi’s liquor warehousing and distribution died this session.

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  • Lawmakers send parole expansion to Gov. Reeves, who vetoed last try

    By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 381 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 09:41 AM

    Advocates of changing Mississippi laws to expand parole opportunities for state inmates are hoping their efforts will be more favorably received by Gov. Tate Reeves than they were in 2020.

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  • What is SO hard about simply moving over?

    By Danny O'Fallon, READ MORE > 516 Reads
    On Wed, 03/31/2021 - 09:35 AM

    How many times have you been driving along minding your own business, and not in a significant rush because you allowed yourself plenty of time, only to be brought to a crawl because you failed to predict encountering the total idiot driving in front of you who absolutely refuses to let you by?

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Secretary of State Watson faces criticism for saying ‘woke, uninformed’ college students shouldn’t vote

By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today , READ MORE > 3,999 Reads
On Fri, 04/09/2021 - 4:13 PM

Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson has drawn criticism and national attention this week for comments made on WLOX-TV that the automatic voter registration provision of the federal For The People Act would lead to “woke” and “uninformed” college students voting. 

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New Summit School operators allegedly fleeced the Mississippi Department of Education out of more than $2 million from 2017 to 2020 using a program that serves hospitalized children. They had been charging the program for over a decade.

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